At issue is the proposed boundary of a year-round zone in northwest Wyoming where wolves would be protected and in certain areas classified as trophy game subject to regulated hunting. Outside that zone, wolves would be classified as predators that could be shot on sight.

Wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park starting in the mid-1990s. There are now about 1,600 wolves in the Northern Rockies, including some 340 in Wyoming.

The core habitat zone for wolves in the Yellowstone region — an area that encompasses Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks — has been a key part of the discussion of wolves’ status in Wyoming for years…